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India’s IoT Potential

S A N J AY M A H A PAT R A S A N J AY @ E N T E R P R I S E C H A N N E L S . C O M

The dream of achieving digital India is not a reality if there is no right strategy for IOT because not only digital India will have contents available to the users on a digital platform but also the platforms will be connected with each other for better accessibility and convenience.

Today we are talking about smart cities, smart homes, smart schools, smart offices, etc., and these concepts are not going to remain as talking point in the future as it will be a reality. Tomorrow sitting at home the citizens can have access to all the amenities and devices and from their personal devices can monitor and manage their connections.

This will have a far- reaching impact on the consumer and commercial market everywhere. It is believed that by 2020 there will be 80 billion connected devices and in India only it will be around 13 billion devices with market opportunity of 10-12 billion USD by the same period.

As it is estimated verticals including transport, wellness, healthcare, buildings, home, factories, agriculture, livestock, electric grids, water supply networks, and of course individual consumers will be at the forefront to drive IOT adoption in India.

The biggest positive point is that today Indian authorities have expressed strong intention to develop manufacturing and R&D which will create a lot of momentum around IOT architecture along with sensors manufacturing and software development to control these sensors. Of course there is a huge challenge for the country but this is for sure that India is a completely virgin market from IOT perspective.

The ongoing discussion around creating 100 smart cities will have completely connected architecture because smart city means devices stationary and mobile would be connected. As per NASSCOM, there will be millions of devices connected in next three to five years.

So to conclude, even though India has all intents to do it happen but at the implementation side it has to react quickly and make all the plans actionable. ë

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COVER STORY

SMART CITIES TO DRIVE IOT ADOPTION Internet of Things is no more a buzzword but a reality in India, where companies across verticals are embracing it with both hands /16

ENTERPRISE SECURITY /19

KASPERSKY LAB: MOBILE MALWARE HAS GROWN ALMOST 3-FOLD ALEXANDER GOSTEV CHIEF SECURITY EXPERT AT KASPERSKY LAB’S GLOBAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS TEAM. ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS /21

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Polaris to Propel Infor Market Share ATUL SAREEN MANAGING DIRECTOR, INFOR INDIA.

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STREET ICT AWARDS CYBEROAM WITH TWO HONORS

Cyberoam added two more feathers to its already brimming cap by winning two ICT Awards at a glittering awards ceremony held at The Pride hotels, Ahmedabad on July 3, 2015. The company was the recipient of the ‘Innovation in Technology of the Year’ award for its patented Layer-8 Technology and ICT Leadership of the Year Award conferred on its highly respected and trail blazing CEO, Hemal Patel who is also the SVP of IT & Operations of Sophos.

This high profile award function was inaugurated by Govindbhai Patel Hon’ble Minister (s) for Science and Technology, Energy and Petrochemical, Gujarat State and Bipin Mehta, President, Computer Society of India.

MPHASIS SEES STRONG GROWTH IN FY16 Announcing its Financial results for the first quarter ended 30th June 2015 Mphasis revealed its growth with 10.7% QoQ and 11.4% YoY FY16 providing good revenue visibility in Direct International business. It launched HyperGraf, an Omni-channel Digital 360 solution that provides enterprise decision-makers with comprehensive, accurate and real-time customer engagement insights. It signed two definitive agreements for sale of India domestic BPO business.

Mphasis consolidated net revenues grew by 4.7% sequentially on a reported basis and 2.6% net of rupee depreciation in Q1 FY16. Operating margin increased by 20 bps to 12.7% during Q1 FY16. Cash and cash equivalents increased by ` 1,528 million during the quarter to ` 29,168 million (US$ 458 million).

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BHASKAR PRAMANIK, CHAIRMAN, MICROSOFT INDIA

Finally Windows10 is Out Microsoft unveiled Windows 10 availability as a free upgrade or with new PCs and tablets, including innovations such as Cortana, an Xbox app and Microsoft Edge and more.

Considered as the most secure Windows ever, Windows 10 is delivered as a service and kept automatically up-to-date with innovations and security updates. It Offers availability on devices, including PCs, tablets, phones, Raspberry Pi, Xbox One, HoloLens etc. The new Windows Store and Windows Software Development Kit also become available.

Bhaskar Pramanik, Chairman, Microsoft India said, “Windows 10 will be available across 190 countries as a free upgrade or with new PCs and tablets. It is more personal and more productive. It’s safer and more secure. And it’s familiar and always up to date. In India, more than 1500 retail stores across the country will help consumers move up to Windows 10. I am excited that many Indian and multinational partners are ready to offer a variety of Windows 10 devices.”

Windows 10 is fast and familiar, with the return

of the Start menu and Live Tiles. Provide enhancements to Windows Defender and SmartScreen to help safeguard against viruses, malware and phishing, and innovations such as Windows Hello, which offers a fast, secured, password-free way to log in. It is more personal and productive, with voice, pen and gesture inputs for natural interaction with PCs. Designed to work with Office and Skype, allows switching between apps and stay organized with Snap and Task View. Other innovative apps include Continuum, Built-in apps, Microsoft Phone Companion app and Office Mobile apps.

Vineet Durani, Director, Windows Business Group, Microsoft India said, “We are entering a new era of Windows. For the first time, we built Windows 10 alongside our customers - the feedback of more than 5 million Windows Insiders helped shape Windows 10. The response from Insiders in India has been overwhelming as well and we are excited to be bringing Windows 10 to India.”

Upgrading to Windows 10 is easy for customers running a genuine Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 PC or tablet.

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Cisco Reveals Midyear Security Report The Cisco 2015 Midyear Security Report analyzes threat intelligence and cybersecurity trends, reveals the critical need for organizations to reduce time to detection (TTD) in order to remediate against sophisticated attacks by highly motivated threat actors.

The Angler Exploit Kit represents the types of common threats that will challenge organizations as the digital economy and the Internet of Everything (IoE) create new attack vectors and monetization opportunities for adversaries.

With the digitization of business and the IoE, malware and threats become even more pervasive. The average TTD for Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP), with its retrospective analysis of attacks that make it past existing defences, is 46 hours.

Other key findings include: Exploits of Adobe Flash vulnerabilities, In the first half of 2015, there has been a 66% increase in Adobe Flash

Player vulnerabilities reported by the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposure (CVE) system over all of 2014, Ransomware remains highly lucrative for hackers as they continue to release new variants and Dridex: Campaigns on the Fly. Organizations face significant challenges with point product solutions and need to consider an integrated threat defence architecture that embeds security everywhere and will enforce at any control point. As the security industry addresses increased fragmentation, a dynamic threat landscape, and how to cope with a rising shortfall of skilled talent, businesses must invest in effective, sustainable and trusted security solutions and professional services.

John N. Stewart, SVP, Chief Security and Trust Officer, Cisco said, “Trust is tightly linked to security, and transparency is key so industry-leading technology is only half the battle.”

SEAGATE EXTENDS ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH HP Seagate extendes its alliance agreement with HP to equip its high performance computing (HPC) solutions with ClusterStor scale-out storage capabilities. This partnership will support HP’s Apollo portfolio of products and services, which manage HPC workloads in complex computing environments.

Seagate’s ClusterStor combines a unique scale out storage architecture with the Lustre parallel file system together with optimized Seagate storage media to deliver the most scalable and highest performance storage solution for the HPC market. By removing complexities associated with deploying and maintaining traditional high performance storage systems, ClusterStor significantly reduces the time and operational costs required to meet mission-critical needs.

In addition to MIT, the enhanced HP HPC solutions will benefit a wide range of users in fields such as bio informatics, pharmaceutical discovery, upstream oil and gas modelling, weather simulation, academic and government research. “As a result of this partnership, customers can now purchase a complete end-to-end HPC storage solution born from two of the most trusted technology companies in the business,” said Ken Claffey, VP & GM, Seagate

DELL RELEASES SECURITY SOLUTIONS FOR SMBS AND ENTERPRISES

MURLI MOHAN, DIRECTOR & GM, DELL SOFTWARE GROUP

Dell has released comprehensive wireless network security solutions Dell SonicWALL TZ Wireless Firewall Series. It’s targeted at both SMBs and large, distributed enterprises to realize the benefits of enterprise-class 802.11ac wireless performance and security, with a simple network set-up and management console, all at a lower total cost of ownership.

Benefits of the new Dell SonicWALL TZ Wireless Series include: exceptional security, Deep packet inspection, flexibility and scalability to deliver secure, high-speed 802.11ac wireless connectivity, Inspection of files at line speed without limits on file size, and low TCO. Murli Mohan, Director & GM, Dell Software Group, said, “The new Dell SonicWALL TZ wireless firewalls have been designed to cater to small and mid-sized businesses as well as large enterprises. This will also support the latest high-speed 802.11ac wireless standard, offering high level secure connectivity to the wireless network.”

FUJITSU DEVELOPS USER INTERFACE TECHNOLOGY Fujitsu Design and Social Science Laboratory plans to commence field trials on Fujitsu Laboratories-developed user interface (UI) technology that converts an entire room into a digital space, and on a co-creation support application developed by Fujitsu Social Science Laboratory.

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venue developed by Fujitsu Design to facilitate new value-creation initiatives. Space-digitalizing UI technology will help people from the small screens of smart devices, tablets, and PCs to project a virtual window system over a large shared space, such as walls and tables, letting people display and share information with simple operations.

Using the co-creation support application , which implements this new UI technology, materials that people bring into a space can be displayed and shared in a large format so that information can be easily organized when people are brainstorming or collaborating.

The trial of the technology would be done with consideration to the

Distribution of digital prompt cards to individual workspaces, Individual work support (creation of digital sticky notes and transfer to shared space), Group work support (organization and sharing of digital sticky notes), Bringing home results of workshop brainstorming and Storing and reproducing workshop results

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India Business Analytics mkt to reach USD 583 mn by 2019 Tableau in partnership with IDC released a report on ‘How Culture and the Right Analytics Drive Success for Leading Organizations in Asia-Pacific’.

The report highlights importance of the use of analytics, how to foster its use in organizations and importance of meeting the analytics needs of the business user to improve organizational performance.

The report is based on the findings of a survey of 207 respondents in IT and line-of-business roles, spread across India, Japan, Australia, and Singapore. The organizational benefits, both

quantitative and qualitative, that self-service analytics provide to decision makers at various levels within the organisation are defining the next big trend in data analytics.

The overall business analytics software market is forecast to grow in India at 9.6% YoY through 2019, reaching USD 583 million, compared to 6.8% across Asia-Pacific. Users in Asia-Pacific have cited shortcomings in ad hoc analysis, visual analysis, and mobile access to information as inhibitors to broader and more effective use of analytics.

WEB CLIPS INFOR TO MANAGE DUNLOP CRM Dunlop Aircraft Tyres selects Infor Customer Relationship Management (CRM), to drive greater visibility, consistency and accuracy in the company’s sales and CRM programs, as well as enhanced reporting capabilities to sustain rapid growth. Integrated with Infor CloudSuit Industrial (Syteline), Dunlop’s existing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) application, the solution will initially be deployed for 33 users globally.

BARRACUDA LAUNCHES SAAS CLOUD-TO-CLOUD BACKUP

QUANTUM ACHIEVES CISCO COMPATIBILITY CERTIFICATION

Expanding on its existing flexible options for

DXi deduplication appliances, Scalar tape libraries and StorNext Pro Solutions workflow storage of Quantum have successfully achieved Cisco Interoperability Verification Testing (IVT) compatibility certification with Cisco’s Unified Computing System, the UCS B-Series Blade Servers. As a member of the Cisco Solution Partner Program, Quantum is able to quickly create and deploy ROBERT CLARK, SENIOR solutions to enhance the capabilities, performance and manageVICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCT OPERATIONS, QUANTUM ment of the network to capture value in the IoE. The Cisco Solution Partner Program, part of the Cisco Partner Ecosystem, unites Cisco with third-party independent hardware and software vendors to deliver integrated solutions to joint customers. As a Solution Partner, Quantum offers complementary products and has started to collaborate with Cisco to meet the needs of joint customers.

launched Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

businesses to manage their data protection and disaster recovery needs Barracuda has Cloud-to-Cloud Backup. Barracuda’s new SaaS backup option provides customers with the ability to replicate data from supported cloud environments into Barracuda’s Cloud Storage.

Barracuda Backup now provides customers with additional options for long-term data retention and physical-to-virtual portability.

OPENTEXT ANNOUNCES TEMPO BOX PREMIUM EDITION A global leader in Enterprise Information Management (EIM), OpenText launches Tempo Box Premium Edition, a secure and governed

MOVEMENTS LG Electronics appointed KIM KI-WAN as the managing director of its India operations with effect from August 01, 2015 HCL Infosystems, appointed KANNIKA SAGAR as its new Chief People Officer MAIT appointed its new President, DEBJANI GHOSH, Vice President Sales and Marketing Group, Managing Director South Asia, Intel Corporation, during its 32ndAnnual General Meeting for the term of 2014- 15.

Infor hired Wall Street veteran JEFF LABORDE as Chief Financial Officer

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External Storage Market witnessed a double-digit yearon-year growth (in vendor revenue) and stood at USD 70.2 million

solution to share and synchronize personal and enterprise content across different platforms and devices.

BLACKBERRY AND CISCO ENTERS INTO CROSS-LICENSING AGREEMENT BlackBerry and Cisco entered into a long-term patent cross-licensing agreement covering their respective products and technologies. As a part of the agreement, BlackBerry will receive a license fee from Cisco. Specific terms of the deal are confidential.

VALUELABS PARTNERS WITH MAPR ValueLabs has entered into a worldwide alliance agreement with MapR Technologies to offer Big Data-based industry-specific solutions to enterprises to help them reinvent their competitive edge in today’s digital world.

ValueLabs will focus on multiple solutions to address key business and technology challenges.

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HP to Create e-Health IT Platform across Kerala The Department of Health and Family Welfare, Government of Kerala, selects HP to create an e-Health IT platform to enable the delivery of a digital healthcare solution and services for Health Care facilities across Kerala. .

The Department of Health and Family Welfare (DHFW) chose HP to design and build a digital healthcare delivery roadmap for the 1,250+ facilities around the region. The roadmap outlines the steps to digitize the entire State healthcare delivery process in stages or phases starting from basic capturing of demographic details of every patient to complete Electronic Medical Record (EMR) creation.

The e-Health platform is the IT platform

created across all care delivery systems to capture all activities and processes at the point of patient care. This includes the core technology for the Healthcare Management Information System, mobile applications, analytics and reporting.

The services include: Centralized Monitoring and Management, E-Clinical services, Disease Surveillance, Demographic Data, and Medical Research. Masarshal Correia, vice president & general manager, Enterprise Services, HP India. “This new e-health IT platform will enable transparent and efficient monitoring of all public health programs, medical inventory, Electronic Medical Records and Hospital Management Information Systems.”

HITACHI DEVELOPED BASIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE Hitachi has developed a technology that analyzes huge volumes of text data on issues that are subject to debate, and presents reasons and grounds for either affirmative or negative opinions on those issues in English. This technology focuses on values such as health, economics and public safety, which are considered important to people and communities when expressing opinions, and uses correlations between those various values and relevant issues in the society to identify reasons and grounds with a high degree of reliability from among large volumes of news articles.

UNIFY GOES B2B ROUT Unify revealed its transformation to a channel-centric organization during a highly collaborative event held under the banner “Engage, Evolve, Execute”. The company also underlined its continued commitment to growth through the channel provided updates on progress within the year and development plans with over 50 partner-delegates who attended the event from across the country.

Dean Douglas, CEO, Unify said, “Unify’s success will be based DEAN DOUGLAS, CEO, upon our partner’s success—it’s a symbiotic relationship. Our goal UNIFY is to augment our partners’ activities to drive increased business for Unify through them. We have very clear rules of engagement in place to ensure that we are doing all we can to help our partners execute and develop their businesses.”

Helping to drive Unify’s channel transformation, launched on January 1, 2015, is the new Unify Partner Program. More than 2,000 partners are now part of the program globally, including 30 in India. They plan to expand it to 60 in the next two quarters. The Unify Partner Program rewards partners for expertise and specialization, helping to drive greater revenue streams and increase customer satisfaction.

Unify has collaborated with Beetel Teletech Limited, a subsidiary of Brightstar, to serve as the value-added distributor for India & SAARC countries. Beetel is a leader in the manufacturing, distribution and sale of communication and media devices, enterprise solutions and IT products.

FOTOHUB CHOOSES DREAMLABO 5000 FotoHub.com deployed the first DreamLabo 5000 production inkjet printer in Singapore. FotoHub will use Canon’s DreamLabo to provide high definition print services for its customers - offering a higher industry standard of 2400 x 1200 dpi print resolution, and redefining the standards of photo print quality in the market. FotoHub’s purchase of the Canon DreamLabo comes at an opportune time as it seeks to modernize and reinvent its business to meet the needs of the customers and achieve sustainable growth.

CA TECHNOLOGIES UNVEILS AGILE OPERATIONS SOLUTIONS CA Technologies enhanced its DevOps Portfolio with the introduction of Agile Operations to provide the speed and scale organizations need to rapidly deploy new applications, monitor dynamic environments, and continually optimize application quality to ensure superb customer experiences.

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With the new capabilities, CA Application Performance Management (CA APM) and CA Unified Infrastructure Management (CA UIM), organizations can quickly troubleshoot and triage all applications, in any infrastructure and Big Data environment.

“In today’s application economy, every business is a software

business and that has real and immediate implications for the operations teams who help ensure the availability of applications,” said Abhilash Purushothaman, Country Director, Enterprise Management Business, CA Technologies, India.

“To stay ahead of the competition, cross-team collaboration is essential for faster deployments and

constant innovation.”

“CA UIM gives our customers a deeper view of all aspects of their IT infrastructure in one place,” said Olf Gentzcke, head of network services - service operations, Outsourcing and Consulting Services, Fujitsu CE. “This solution enables us and our customers to more proactively improve a system’s performance.”

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Intel Commited to Digital India To reinstate its commitment towards the Government’s Digital India vision during the ‘Digital India Week’, Intel launched the Digital Wellness Online Challenge in collaboration with National e-Governance Division (NeGD) on July 1st, 2015. This online quiz in Hindi and English is aimed at sensitizing and creating a culture of digital wellness amongst children from classes 6 to 12 by promoting awareness on the benefits as well as the potential threats of Internet-based interactions and familiarizing students with different types of cyber threats, consequences and protective measures.

On successful completion of the quiz, the students will be given an option to print/email their electronic certificates. Four winners per state will be declared as ‘Digital Wellness Champions’.

These winners will be invited to New Delhi by the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY)* and will be felicitated by the government in an award ceremony.

Speaking about the challenge, Debjani Ghosh, Vice President, Sales and marketing Group and Managing Director, Intel South Asia said,“Intel has long been committed to the vision of Digital

DEBJANI GHOSH, VICE PRESIDENT, SALES AND MARKETING GROUP AND MANAGING DIRECTOR, INTEL SOUTH ASIA

India and strongly believes that it is the foundation for transforming India into a technology empowered entrepreneurial economy. For this vision to become a reality, enhancing digital awareness is a must amongst our young citizens who will create the future of the country.”

MATRIX SOLUTIONS ARE INTEROPERABLE WITH PANASONIC Matrix Comsec unveiled interoperability of SATATYA, its IP video surveillance solution with select models of Panasonic IP cameras. This interoperability, will offer customers the flexibility to have a wide range of IP cameras to choose from. Enterprise customers need flexibility in implementing video surveillance security due to their complex functioning and geographically scattered operations.

Matrix SATATYA IPVS supports camera configuration in three modes - ONVIF, Brand Model and Generic. This interoperability is a part of Matrix R&D teams’ overall objective of supporting cameras of established brands. Matrix tested the Panasonic IP Cameras to ensure the highest performance of the camera. This testing ensures all the features which were not working on ONVIF will now function smoothly.

GARTNER RECOGNIZED IBM AS A ‘LEADER’ IBM has been recognized as a “Leader” in the June 23, 2015 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Solid-State Arrays report.

This inclusion comes a month after IBM was identified as the number one worldwide solid-state array vendor in unit shipments and petabytes of data delivered for 2014 in Gartner’s Market Share Analysis: SSDs and Solid-State Arrays Worldwide Report for 2014, by Joseph Unsworth and John Monroe, published May 1, 2015.

Headquartered in Bremen, Germany, the HANSA-FLEX Group operates 380 branches and a fleet of 298 rapid-response service vans in 39 countries and migrated its SAP enterprise resource planning applications to a new infrastructure built on IBM FlashSystem 840 and IBM Power System S824 servers to deliver vital hydraulic system spares to clients within 24 hours of receiving their orders.

The IBM Power Systems S824 combined with IBM I operating system, along with the freedom to run SAP solutions and software defined flash environment, allowed HANSAFLEX to improve its service response times by 56 percent, improving overall employee productivity. The new systems and storage infrastructure was also able to speed process background tasks by 55 percent and accelerate database processing by up to 70 percent.

ADOBE NAMES TCS AS PREMIER PARTNER Tata Consultancy Services has been selected by Adobe as a Premier Partner. The partnership enables TCS clients to fully leverage Adobe’s marketing Platform and its core solutions, allowing them to design and execute customized strategies and integrated marketing campaigns to suit specific target audiences and customer profiles.

With this partnership TCS’ strengths in digital marketing solutions and services, advanced technology knowledge, trusted domain expertise, and vast implementation and integration experience and Adobe’s leadership in its Digital Marketing Platform and core solutions will provide customers with end-to-end integrated marketing

solution when announced the press release.

The partnership aims to improve customer experience and increase customer satisfaction, ultimately allow enterprise clients to manage complex digital marketing requirements, drive customer acquisition, strengthen retention programs, increase marketing ROI, build

stronger customer relationships, and increase brand value and market share. Shantanu Narayen, President and CEO, Adobe, said, “Customers will benefit greatly from the global partnership of Adobe and TCS as they transform their enterprise businesses, obtain a richer view of their customers and create differentiated experiences for them.”

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SAP HANA Named a Leader among In-Memory Database Platforms SAP SE has been recognized as a leader among in-memory database platforms by Forrester Research, in a new report titled “The Forrester Wave: In-Memory Database Platforms, Q3 2015” (August 2015).

SAP was among a group of 11 select vendors that Forrester invited to participate in the independent report.

The SAP HANA platform was positioned highest in the two of the three core categories Forrester used to evaluate vendors – current offering and strategy, and among the highest in the third category, market presence. SAP also achieved the highest scores among all vendors in 3 criteria, and among the highest scores in 10 criteria.

“SAP’s razor-sharp focus on in-memory

technology is paying off,” wrote Noel Yuhanna, Forrester’s principal analyst serving enterprise architecture professionals, in the report.

Additional highlights of SAP’s ranking include: ‘SAP is the only company to earn a 5/5 score for vision’, ‘SAP is the only company to receive a 5/5 score for data management features and transaction capabilities’, ‘SAP also earned a 5/5 score for execution, market presence, customers, partners, revenue, performance and scale and analytics support’.

“We believe that our latest position as a leader in the Forrester Wave further validates the strategic path we are pioneering for in-memory computing across the industry,” said Greg McStravick, global head of database and technology, SAP.

CSXP CERTIFICATION FOR CYBERSECURITY PROFESSIONALS LAUNCHED A recent study conducted by RSA Conference and ISACA found that nearly 7 in 10 respondents require cybersecurity job candidates to hold a certification.

Now cybersecurity professionals can pursue the CSX Practitioner (CSXP) certification, the first-ever vendor-neutral, performance-based certification for cybersecurity professionals.

To earn CSXP, candidates must pass an exam in an adaptive, performance-based cyber laboratory environment. The exam measures skills and abilities in a virtual setting using realworld cyber security scenarios.

Exam registration is now open, and ISACA is offering a special introductory rate of US $375 for those who take the exam before 1 October and complete a post-exam survey.

“Earning the CSXP demonstrates practically tested abilities in prevention, detection and response to a cybersecurity incident,” said Christos Dimitriadis, Ph.D., CISA, CISM, CRISC, international president of ISACA and group director of information security at Intralot. “This credential is a clear indicator to employers that an individual has the skills to help protect and defend their organization.”

SONATA ACQUIRES CALIFORNIA-BASED HALOSYS Sonata Software has signed a definitive agreement to acquire through its US subsidiary, Halosys. Based in Santa Clara, California, Halosys is an innovator in providing technology platform and solutions that help enterprises realize the transformational impact of mobile on business.

The platform seamlessly extends existing enterprise security, identity and business applications to the mobile applications announced the press release. This simplifies, accelerates and ensures a reliable way to execute mobility programs at scale, with an underlying architecture that adheres to emerging mobile & IoT technology trends.

Halosys’s patent-pending Unified Enterprise Mobility Enablement Platform allows businesses to have 360 degree coverage on their mobility programs. This includes seamlessly connecting to business systems like SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, MS Dynamics, applying security & business policies, creating notifications, deploying, monitoring, managing and updating mobile applications rapidly and reliably.

The platform also provides a complete management of apps, data, devices and users from a single system significantly improving the ability to realize a cohesive portfolio of mobile applications to meet the needs of the enterprise’s customers, partners and employees.

FUJITSU EXPANDS ITS LOGIFIT SERIES Fujitsu has launched the FUJITSU Enterprise Application Logifit TM-NexTR, newly added to its Logifit series of logistics solutions. Sales in packaged and SaaS versions commenced in Japan.

Logifit TM-NexTR is a solution for analyzing fleet vehicles and supporting fleet operations.

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devices, such as the use of digital tachographs for heavyweight cargo vehicles, and the use of smart devices (smartphones or tablets) for smaller vehicles or subcontracted vehicles, for which it is difficult to install digital tachographs. In addition, the software includes the ability to collect vehicle-sensor data (such as on speed, fuel

consumption, and temperature) as well as data on the vital signs of drivers, from which the warning signs of drowsiness can be detected by linked features, to bring visibility to the work environment.

This software eliminates the need for specialized onboard equipment, thereby greatly reducing operating costs while

also contributing to safe, highquality freight operations.

Logifit TM-NexTR enables mixed use of digital tachographs and smart devices, collects vehicle sensor data and driver vital signs to support safe driving and ties into dispatchsupport system for accurate and effective delivery management.

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“Our government supports free media, respect communication on social media and has respected freedom of communication always.”

RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD, MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND IT

Kaspersky, solutions with lowest resource consumption Kaspersky Internet Security has received AV-Comparatives’ highest Advanced+ award following the results of a study by the respected research laboratory. The study included a series of tests designed to evaluate the impact security software has on a PC’s performance.

The AV-Comparatives Performance Test is a regular study into the effect of security solutions on computer performance in a variety of user scenarios. The experts monitored changes in the PC’s performance when copying files, creating data archives, installing applications, opening Office and PDF documents, as well as when downloading files from online sources. To ensure

the results were as reliable as possible a further check was made – the system performance was measured using the specialized PCMark 8 application. As a result of the series of tests Kasperskey security scored 165.7 points and was recognized as one of the solutions with the lowest resource consumption.

All tests were conducted on computers with an Intel Core i5 processor with 4 GB of RAM and a SATA II hard disk running the Microsoft Windows 8 Pro 64-bit operating system under their default settings. Security solutions that participated in the testing had been completely updated and could use their own cloud services.

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F-SECURE ROPES IN DATASOFT F-secure signed up with Datasoft Network Solutions to act as a sub-distributor in the city, for the distribution of F-Secure’s Business Suite (BS) and Protection Service of Business (PSB) line of products for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs).

Commenting on the development, Nishant Sharma, F-Secure National Head Channels, India & SAARC, stated “F-Secure is committed to provide best-of-breed digital security solutions to end-users, particularly SMBs. This latest development will allow us to utilise Datasoft’s distribution network in Mumbai and optimise our service delivery.”

ORACLE INTEGRATES MOBILE SECURITY Oracle updates Oracle Identity Management that enables organizations to securely manage access to mobile, cloud and on-premise applications through a single, easy to use interface.

The latest version of Oracle Identity Management 11gR2 Patchset 3 helps simplify and streamline this process by integrating Enterprise

SAP ACTIVATE TO DIGITIZE BUSINESS FASTER

Mobility Management into the Oracle Identity

SAP SE introduced the SAP Activate consumption experience that allows customers to deploy SAP Business Suite 4 SAP HANA, to drive quick time-to-value.

SAP Activate offers ready-to-run digitized business processes optimized for SAP S/4HANA. This allows choosing the right approach for business needs, being it a new implementation, integration or migration scenario. It starts with SAP Best Practices packages for any implementation and uses one methodology for any deployment mode — cloud, on premise or hybrid. It also MICHAEL KLEINEMEIER, enables partners to start fast, build smart and Run Simple while MEMBER, GLOBAL MANAGING BOARD, SAP SE continuously innovating across deployment modes “SAP S/4HANA is the key to digitize your business and drive innovation,” said Michael Kleinemeier, member of the Global Managing Board of SAP SE.

security, identity management and compliance

Management stack. The integration unifies mobile into one consolidated platform.

With the integration of mobility management into Oracle Identity Management, organizations can now secure and enable their mobile workforce with capabilities such as mobile device management, mobile app management, mobile content management, and mobile identity.

VERITAS UNVEILS NEW PORTFOLIO FOR ENTERPRISE DATACENTERS Veritas, Symantec’s information management business, launched new offerings for rapidly evolving enterprise datacenters, as well as significant upgrades to its core portfolio of backup and

SYMANTEC AND FROST DATA CAPITAL TO INCUBATE STARTUPS

information management products.

Symantec and Frost Data Capital enter into partnership to fuel innovation in cyber security analytics, big data and Internet of Things (IoT) security. Symantec and Frost Data Capital will create and seed early-stage startups with funding, resources and expertise. These startup companies will receive access to Frost Data Capital’s data analytics ecosystem and deep knowledge and will have the opportunity to collaborate with Symantec to solve the most complex challenges.

The partners will take nontraditional steps to confront the next generation of threats targeting emerging technologies by incubating up to 10 companies per year that will deliver advanced cyber security analytics. Frost Data Capital underpins the incubator with seasoned entrepreneurs, proven innovation methodology and process, and deep expertise in big data analytics, IoT, industrials, and healthcare.

across multiple cloud environments announced

This new solutions showcases a fundamentally different approach to delivering data and services the press release. Enhancements to current products enable simpler management in hybrid cloud infrastructures and extended protection for VMware and Microsoft virtual environments.

Veritas is also introducing new products that enable businesses to delve deep into their data stores to recognize and prioritize information across their organizations.

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Gartner Positions Informatica as a Leader Gartner has positioned Informatica as a Leader in its 2015 Magic Quadrant for Data Integration Tools report, published July 29, 2015, based on ability to execute and completeness of vision.

According to the Gartner report, “Data integration is central to enterprises’ information infrastructure. Enterprises pursuing frictionless sharing of data are increasingly favoring tools that are flexible in regard to time-to-value demands, integration patterns, optimization for cost and delivery models, and synergies with information and application infrastructures.” he report projects that growth rate is above the average for the enterprise software market as a whole, as data integration capability continues to be considered of critical importance for address-

ing the diversity of problems and emerging requirements. A projected five-year compound annual growth rate of approximately 7.7% will bring the total to more than $3.4 billion by 2019 (see “Forecast: Enterprise Software Markets, Worldwide, 2012-2019, 2Q15 Update”).

The report says that Leaders in the data integration tool market are front-runners in the convergence of single-purpose tools into an offering that supports a full range of data delivery styles.

They exhibit a clear understanding and vision of where the market is headed, and are strong in establishing data integration infrastructure as an enterprise standard and as a critical component of modern information infrastructure.

EMC INTRODUCES VSPEX BLUE TO INDIA MARKET EMC has released VSPEX BLUE, a hyper-converged infrastructure appliance (HCIA) in India market.

EMC VPEX BLUE accelerates time to market by enabling customers to go from power-on to virtual machine creation within 15 minutes announced the press release. EMC VSPEX BLUE provides fully orchestrated installation, management, patching, and upgrading, and linear scaling capability that grows based on business needs. A single point of hardware and software support by EMC assures customers of 24x7 support and repair service at their fingertips. It offers midmarket and enterprise customers the fastest, lowest-risk path to the private/hybrid cloud. The EMC VSPEX BLUE architecture is a distributed system consisting of common modular building blocks that scale linearly from one to four 2U/4 node appliances.

VSPEX BLUE Manager provides deeper hardware awareness than is available in the native product alone and is the vehicle by which alerts and notifications are displayed to the user in a simple and easily understood manner. The VSPEX BLUE Manager leverages the underlying VMware Log Insight product in EVO:RAIL to capture events and to provide up-to-the-minute holistic notifications about the state of their virtual applications, virtual machines, and appliance hardware.

HCL INFO CONFERRED WITH GLOBAL AWARDS HCL Infosystems was conferred with two awards at the Global Awards for Excellence in Quality Management & Leadership at the World Quality Congress Awards held in Mumbai recently.

HCL Infosystems won the award for ‘Best Achievement of Integrating Lean and Six Sigma’- 2015, while Anand Prakash, Vice President – Quality, HCL Infosystems Ltd. was felicitated with the Quality Leadership Award.

The Company was recognised for its contribution in different areas of Lean and Six Sigma such as Policies, Practices, Culture, Employee Involvement, Customer’s Involvement, Services and Benefits. Recently HCL Infosystems introduced the concept of Lean Six Sigma (LeSS) which focuses on culture building, improving customer satisfaction and achieving service excellence through structural and systemic initiatives which also propelled the Company’s service performance to the next level.

Anand Prakash won the Quality Leadership Award for instilling and driving Quality Vision, Principles and Processes across every facet of the organization.

Anand Prakash commented, “The award for ‘Best Achievement of Integrating Lean Six Sigma’ recognizes our commitment to create an enabling environment for HCL Infosystems to attain and sustain the highest standards of quality and services levels for our customers and partners.

WIPRO LAUNCHES ROBODO SOLUTION Wipro has launched its RemoteBranch-Distribution Office solution (RoBoDo), based on Nutanix Web-Scale Infrastructure, which enables enterprises to optimize and centrally manage their remote office infrastructure, ensure compliance and drive agility.

Wipro’s RoBoDo offering registers significant operational gain and

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agility, all while ensuring that an enterprise’s remote office management, transformation, upgrade, compliance guidelines and, above all, end user experience, is assured announced the press release.

“Remote Branch Distribution office is built on an emerging hyper-converged infrastructure, a complete cloud stack for enterprises

to lower cost of distributed IT operations and drive agility. Our relationship with Nutanix is a move towards fast tracking IT transformation for our customers to achieve desired business outcomes,” said G. K. Prasanna, Chief Executive & President, Global Infrastructure Services, Wipro Limited.

Wipro’s industrialized workload

migration framework Place IT coupled with its next generation integrated Managed Services framework, ServiceNXT, will enable enterprises to smoothly transition to the RoBoDo framework. Wipro offers this solution as “as-a-service” or as a “customerowned, on-premise” solution.

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etting big on India Cisco said it is committed towards India becoming a world leader in manufacturing to support ‘Digital India’ vision and will invest USD 60 million.

Every year Cisco pumps in USD 1.7 billion in India, and with its annual India revenue standing at USD 1.1 billion Cisco expects it to grow in double-digits over the next four-five years.

We are betting on India in a big way,” announced John Chambers, Chairman and CEO, Cisco, at a press gathering held in Delhi.

“India plays a pivotal role in the company’s overall growth, innovation and talent strategy, and we plan to make direct and indirect

“India plays a pivotal role in the company’s overall growth, innovation and talent strategy, and we plan to make direct and indirect investment of up to USD 20 million to train an additional 120,000 students in India by 2020.” investment of up to USD 20 million to train an additional 120,000 students in India by 2020. We are also making an investment of an additional USD 40 million for the next phase of expansion in India.”

“We are committed to manufacturing in India,” said Chuck Robbins, incoming CEO, Cisco, “When we met Prime Minister Narendra Modi he said why not make India your home. He understands Technology... We are excited at the vision India has. The Indian government’s vision for a Digital India is truly transformative and will create huge opportunities for the country and its citizens.”

To help accelerate the development of India’s electronics manufacturing ecosystem, Cisco

will organize the Cisco Design and Innovation Conference in Bengaluru in February 2016, to bring together over 75 of Cisco’s key suppliers and partners to drive collaboration on product development and IoE enabled supply chain technology.

As part of Cisco’s commitment to accelerating India’s digital transformation, the company will expand the Cisco Networking Academy program to help India increase its pool of highly skilled technology professionals.

Cisco’s USD 40 million investment will go towards the expansion of its India facility which is spread over 4 million square feet, and designed as a campus-as-a-city for thousands of Cisco employees to work, play and learn. ë

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SMART CITIES TO DRIVE IOT ADOPTION Internet of Things is no more a buzzword but a reality in India, where companies across verticals are embracing it with both hands n W O R D S : S A N J AY M O H A PAT R A < S A N J AY @ A C C E N T I N F O M E D I A . C O M > n P H O T O : S H U T T E R S T O C K . C O M

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he digital universe is doubling every two years. But that isn’t a reason for worry for enterprises. They are buying more storage than ever but the problem lies in the management of this data. So while, there has been massive spikes in storage demand, the focus and the opportunity really lies in building solutions that make managing digital data less painful.

Sensors and automation are decades old technology and many confuse it with today’s Internet of Things. While IoT does include sensors and automation technologies at its core, it is the ability to analyse the data on a fly that is creating real business value from IoT and attracting CEOs across vertical to take a close look at how their organization can benefit from this fledgling technology.

The vision of Smart Cities is quickly becoming a reality as urban cities across India look to create communities that become the places where people want to live and where businesses seek to invest. The transformation to Smart Cities requires an ecosystem that brings both existing and new partners together to unlock the tremendous value that emerges from connecting people, processes, data and things. With IoT, smart cities will be able to respond better to their citizens needs and also improve their environment, becoming efficient, sustainable and liveable ecosystems.

According to technology research firm Gartner, IoT devices

installed base (excluding PCs, tablets and smartphones), will grow to 26 billion units in 2020, up from just 0.9 billion in 2009. The IoT will connect 1.1 billion devices in smart cities this year and a whopping 9.7 billion devices by 2020, while smart homes will lead with 294 million connected devices in 2015. Smart homes and smart buildings, representing 45 percent of connected things in use this year, are projected to touch 81 percent by 2020, with increasing investments and service opportunities.

Industrial companies are rapidly implementing programs to realize financial gains from the Industrial Internet, motivated by the potential for high-order benefits and the threat of competitor advancement. While current implementations consist of asset monitoring, diagnostics and fundamental analysis, the lure of game-changing market shifts and the need for strong regulatory compliance are driving investments in predictive analytics and optimization for decision-making. Overcoming barriers such as data silos and lack of robust security will not be easy. However, it’s clear the race is on with urgency across the executive team and with board-level focus.

“IoT is about small data that drives big outcomes, and we at HDS recognize this need. We are building a robust analytics framework that uniquely combines Hitachi’s formidable industrial, societal and business expertise with its rich portfolio of data infrastructure

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YOGESH SAWANT,

DIRECTOR, PARTNER SALES AND FIELD ALLIANCE ORGANIZATION, INDIA, HITACHI DATA SYSTEMS.

“IoT is about small data that drives big outcomes, and we at HDS recognize this need.” and analytics solutions. Through our strategic acquisitions of oXya, Pantascene and Pentaho, we are accelerating our Social Innovation vision and IoT product roadmap,” explained Yogesh Sawant, Director, Partner Sales and Field Alliance Organization, India, Hitachi Data Systems.

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a part of its overarching Social Innovation strategy and expects the acquisition to help it further capitalize on Internet of Things market opportunities. “Through the integration with the Pentaho platform, we are now extending our data integration, refinement, monitoring, management, and orchestration capabilities to deliver an incomparably sophisticated data analytics stack.

This stack powers its Social Innovation solutions and delivers on the full promise of the “Internet of Things that matter,” by helping businesses to derive rich insights from their data with faster time to value, and supporting the development of smarter, safer, healthier and more efficient societies,” Sawant said.

Recognizing that Big Data analytics is the foundation of the Industrial Internet, GE and Accenture fielded a survey in China, France, Germany, India, South Africa, the UK and the United States that explored the state of Big Data analytics and how it is being viewed across eight industries. Sectors surveyed were Aviation, Wind, Power Generation, Power Distribution, Oil and Gas, Rail, Manufacturing, and Mining.

According to the survey, 73 percent of companies are already investing more than 20 percent of their overall technology budget on Big Data analytics—and more than two in 10 are investing more than 30 percent. Moreover, three-fourths of executives expect spending level to increase just in the next year.

Across the industries surveyed, 80 to 90 percent of companies indicated that Big Data analytics is either the top priority for the company or in

the top three. This finding is especially strong in the Aviation industry, where 61 percent of those surveyed noted that analytics is their topranked priority; this number drops to about 30 percent or less for industries such as Power Distribution (28 percent), Power Generation (31 percent), Oil and Gas (31 percent) and Mining (24 percent) Indeed, 53 percent of all survey respondents indicated that their Board of Directors is the primary influencer of their Big Data adoption strategy— more than those citing the CEO (47 percent), the CIO (37 percent) or a business line P&L executive (15 percent).

CHALLENGES Gartner predicts that IoT security requirements will reshape and expand over half of all global enterprise IT security programs by 2020 due to changes in supported platform and service scale, diversity and function.

The two main challenges posed to successful IoT implementation, is the lack of policy to ensure network safety and security associated with billions of connected devices, as well as need to create the robust hardware to support software applications in Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

While various vendors are devicing their own ways to store, analyze and transfer data from the sensors, little has been done so far to handle security and privacy issues of this data. For example, a smart band stores all your health data, your daily activity, your sleeping and waking up time etc. If someone gets access to this data, it can be used in many malicious ways.

Similarly, there is a lack of standardization in tools and technologies being built for IoT, which may lead to issues such as vendor lock-in and interoperability challenges in future.

However, on the brighter side, India has already released its first IoT framework last year in October that aims to create a $15 billion (around Rs.92,700 crore today) market by 2020, impacting the growth of connected devices from the current 200 million to 2.7 billion by 2020, largely by partnering with private firms.

The government proposes to set aside $21 million over a period of three years as 50% of the investment required for at least five projects each from categories that include smart cities, water, environment, health, waste management, agriculture, safety and supply chain.

Experts believe if the implementation of these policies is done right, India could lead the world in the adoption and use cases of Internet of Things. ë

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Mobile Malware Rise 3-fold in Q2 In Q2 2015, Singapore became the leader in the number of Kaspersky Lab users who came under web-borne attacks by banking Trojans. n S A N J AY M O H A PAT R A < S A N J AY @ A C C E N T I N F O M E D I A . C O M >

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aspersky Lab has published its Q2 cyberthreats report highlighting key security incidents of the quarter and evaluating the Q2 cyberthreat level. 51% of web-borne attacks blocked by Kaspersky Lab’s products were launched from malicious web resources located in Russia. Next on the list came the USA, the Netherlands, Germany, France, Virgin Islands, Ukraine, Singapore, the UK and China.

MOBILE THREATS l 291,800 new mobile malware programs emerged in Q2, which is 2.8 times greater than in Q1. l There were 1 million mobile malware installation packages in Q2, which is 7 times greater than in Q1.

Mobile banking has remained a main target for mobile threats. Kaspersky Lab’s Q1 2015 report mentioned Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.OpFake.cc which was capable of attacking no less than 29 banking and financial applications. The Trojan’s latest version that emerged in Q2 is capable of attacking 114 (four times more) banking and financial applications. Its main goal is to steal the user’s login credentials with which to attack, among others, several popular email applications.

ATTACKS ON THE WEB: l There were 5,900,000 notifications about attempted malware infections to steal money via online access to bank accounts – this is 800,000 lower than in Q1.

In Q2 2015, Singapore became the leader in the number of Kaspersky Lab users who came

under web-borne attacks by banking Trojans – 5.3% of all Kaspersky Lab users in Singapore faced this threat over this time period. Next came Switzerland with 4.2%, Brazil (4%), Australia (4%) and Hong Kong (3.7%). Note that most countries in the TOP 10 are technologically advanced and/or have a developed banking system, which attracts the cybercriminals’ attention.

Financial threats are not limited to banking malware programs which attack the clients of online banking systems. Apart from banking malware (83%), financial threats are posed by Bitcoin miners (9%) – these are malware programs that use the victim’s computer’s computational resources to generate bitcoins, as well as bitcoin wallet stealers (6%) and keyloggers (2%).

TARGETED ATTACKS In Q2, Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team disclosed four cyberespionage campaigns CozyDuke, Naikon, Hellsing and Duqu 2.0. The victim toll includes government agencies, commercial companies and other high-level targets.

The second quarter has also demonstrated the cybercriminals’ interest in small and medium businesses – this type of businesses was targeted by the cyberespionage campaign Grabit. Cybercriminals focused on such economic sectors as chemical industry, nanotechnologies, education, agriculture, mass media and construction.

“In Q2 we launched an important initiative called Securing Smart Cities which aims to help those responsible for developing smart cities to do so without forgetting about cybersecurity. If security measures are not planned at the development stage, that could have serious implications

ALEXANDER GOSTEV,

CHIEF SECURITY EXPERT, KASPERSKY LAB’S GLOBAL RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS TEAM.

“In Q2 we launched an important initiative called Securing Smart Cities which aims to help those responsible for developing smart cities.” later, and retro-fitting security might not be a straightforward task,” comments Alexander Gostev, Chief Security Expert at Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis Team.

Q2 IN FIGURES l

According to KSN data, Kaspersky Lab solutions detected and repelled a total of 379.9 millions of malicious attacks from online resources located all over the world – this is 19% lower than in Q1. l During the three month period, an average of 23.9% of Internet users’ computers across the world came under a web-borne attack at least once.

This is 2.4 percentage points lower than in Q1. l 26,000,000 unique malicious objects were detected, which is 8.4% lower than in Q1.

The script AdWare.JS.Agent.bg was the most widespread among such objects – this script is injected by adware programs into arbitrary web pages. ë

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Fujitsu Innovative Technology

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ujitsu Laboratories announced development of the world’s first technology for fast and automatic setup of client-segregated virtual networks that are built over multiple Linux containers. These containers offer virtualization for high-speed launches and running.

To use containers, which launch in roughly 0.2 seconds, in the cloud like virtual machines, quick setup of client-segregated virtual networks is required. Previously, including the time required to configure physical switches, it took several seconds to set up a network built over multiple containers, which made it impractical for clients to use an environment consisting of multiple containers.

Now, by distributing network information in advance to the physical switches, and automatically creating a network upon the detection of container activation, Fujitsu Laboratories has developed technology that enables client-segregated networks built over multiple containers to be set up within one second. This enables a system on the scale of several hundred containers to be used immediately following their launch. As a result, systems can immediately be scaled out, supporting, for example, web services that temporarily experience sudden spikes in traffic, such as during special events or marketing campaigns.

This technology will be announced at AsiaPacific Network Operations and Management Symposium (APNOMS) 2015, opening August 19 in Pusan, South Korea.

BACKGROUND With special events and online campaigns, in the span of hours, web services can see sudden spikes in traffic. Because highly variable traffic can affect quality of service, cloud-computing technologies that

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From a security standpoint, using containers for IaaS environments requires that network resources be segregated by client, especially so that communications data from one network does not reach another client. Although containers can be launched in roughly 0.2 seconds, compared with several minutes to launch a virtual machine, network setup required several seconds because device settings were configured from the operations-management system via the controller. As such, even with a fast-launching container, network setup lagged considerably behind. For this reason, the challenge has been to set up client-segregated networks spanning multiple containers as quickly as the containers can be launched.

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can dynamically allocate resources have come into widespread use in recent years. As a result, the time needed to scale out infrastructure has been slashed from a few days or weeks to just a few minutes.

There are, however, many situations where even a delay of a few minutes is too slow, such as when a new item for a game is being made available for only a limited time or when many commuters are simultaneously searching for an alternative route due to a train delay. There has, therefore, been a need for technology that can instantaneously mitigate spiking server loads. Containers have attracted attention as a virtualization technology that is well suited to such situations. In contrast to virtual machines, which virtualize the entire server, containers are virtualization technology that separates application-execution environments on the host operating system. As there is no need to launch an operating system for each virtual machine, the virtualization overhead is smaller, making for lighter launching and running. By taking advantage of this feature, containers enable infrastructure as a service (IaaS) environments that can respond to load fluctuations instantaneously and with high efficiency.

Typically, virtualization-technology infrastructure is built over multiple physical servers, and the containers that get used depend on the status of the physical servers launched. To accommodate this, Fujitsu Laboratories developed a technology that distributes and pools each client’s network information, in the form of the interface address (MAC addresses) and the virtual-network (Virtual LAN, or VLAN) information, from the controller to the physical switch beforehand.

Using this technology, the network settings that took time to pass through the controller are already configured before the container launches.

Additionally, by integrating with the newly developed functions described below, it becomes possible to rapidly set up networks following the launch of additional containers.

- Based on the previously distributed network information, the physical switch is automatically set immediately after container launch.

- Coinciding with container launch, VLAN configured for the virtual switch in the server.

- Container teardowns are continuously monitored, and network resources are automatically released when a container is torn down.

RESULTS This technology makes it possible for single-client virtual networks that combine virtual switches and physical switches to be set up in roughly 0.2 seconds. Together with container launch time, a system is ready for use in less than one second. This technology delivers a flexible application execution environment on such systems where multiple clients reside, providing services with the agility to adapt to spikes in access that occur with events, campaigns or other activities by swiftly scaling out, thereby avoiding opportunity losses. ë

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HP Enterprise Services for Windows 10

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P full suite of Windows 10 services designed to help enterprises control costs while expediting the move to the new Microsoft operating system.

HP, a Preferred Provider of Microsoft cloud productivity and mobility solutions, now offers the most comprehensive portfolio of services available for the Microsoft enterprise ecosystem which includes Enterprise Services for Office 365, Readiness Workshop for Office 365, Enterprise Mobility Suite, Skype for Business and the new Windows 10 enterprise suite of services. The new Windows 10 services include: • HP Test Drive Services for Windows 10 • HP Transformation Services for Windows 10 • HP Roadmap Service for Windows 10 • HP WebApp Accelerator Service for Internet Explorer 11 “HP’s unique relationship with Microsoft allows us to offer Windows 10 in a controlled manner integrated into the client’s world – giving both IT and the User the chance to experience the new operating system,” said Marshal Correia, vice president & general manager, Enterprise Services, HP India, “IT & developers get to validate the application portfolio in advance – lowering the cost & risk of a large scale migration, and the user sees innovation and a more personal computing experience.”

HP Test Drive Services for Windows 10 will allow customers considering a migration to test the new operating system with a control group of users to evaluate the new user experience, capa-

bilities and potential incompatibilities in advance of any wholesale migration. By validating the environment in advance, IT is able to shape its end user computing strategy, balance the pace of migration, the introduction of virtualization while maintaining a low risk / low cost profile.

During the test drive, a select set of users would move to a new Windows 10 device as their primary workplace device. The package will consist of PC or tablet hardware, with Windows 10 already installed, plus transformation services that include migrating user data, migrating user settings and ensuring that all included users get the core apps they need on the new device. This enables the customer’s IT department, developers and users to gain valuable experience in the new environment without the typically large investment that normally accompanies the initiation of a migration to a new operating system.

HP Transformation Services for Windows 10 consists of a full suite of services to assess, design, implement, deploy and support Windows 10 as part of a digital workplace transformation. The service will build and integrate supporting infrastructure, transform client and web applications for the new environment, build operating system images and manage the rollout.

HP Roadmap Service for Windows 10 is part of HP Advisory Services for the Microsoft ecosystem. A workshop based advisory service which will deliver a base roadmap for the organization’s Windows 10 implementation with key focus areas in productivity, security and manageability improvements as well as designing how Windows 10 fits into a broader digital workplace

MARSHAL CORREIA,

VICE PRESIDENT & GENERAL MANAGER, ENTERPRISE SERVICES, HP INDIA

“IT & developers get to validate the application portfolio in advance – lowering the cost & risk of a large scale migration, and the user sees innovation and a more personal computing experience.” transformation opportunity.

HP WebApp Accelerator Service for Internet Explorer 11 is an implementation and migration service to ensure that an organization’s critical web applications built for legacy versions of Internet Explorer will continue to function effectively in the latest browsers and operating systems.

“We are excited to continue building on the strong record we have established with HP in the enterprise,” said Susan Hauser, Corporate Vice President, Enterprise and Partner Group, Microsoft. “The solutions and services HP has built on the Microsoft platform will help our joint customers take full advantage of the unique and innovative features of Microsoft Enterprise Cloud Suite including Windows 10, Office 365 and the Enterprise Mobility Suite.” ë

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Zoho ‘Made In India Products Became Made for the World.’

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oho launched two new products today—New Zoho Mail and ZohoSalesIQ— both made in India. The New Zoho Mail brings social media-like communication features to Zoho’s email service Zoho Mail, making collaboration smoother and simpler for businesses. ZohoSalesIQ, meanwhile, is a powerful tool that enables businesses to identify and engage with potential leads and customers among its website visitors.

“From serving the world out of India, businesses are moving to making software in India.

Zoho has progressed to the next step—innovating out of India,” said Sridhar Vembu, CEO, Zoho Corp. “Our vision has always been to be a global product company. This meant building worldclass software, competing with world leaders like Google and Microsoft, and supporting global customers—all from India. Today we have over 15 million users spread across 120 countries, and a product portfolio broader and more integrated than that of any cloud software company.”

Zoho, which enables businesses worldwide to manage all their transactions in the cloud without switching technologies or platforms, has launched several innovative products over the last few months, all made in India. These include Zoho

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ShowTime, an interactive presentation tool, and Inbox Insight, a mobile app that acts as a search engine for a user’s inbox.

THE NEW ZOHO MAIL As Vembu said, “Email, as it stands today, hasn’t evolved with the times. We’ve reinvented email to accommodate a modern, fast-paced, social and mobile workforce that predominantly works on the cloud.”

The prominent features of the New Zoho Mail are: 1. Collaboration Through Streams: Forwarding emails is outdated. Users can now share an email with their colleagues by simply tagging them in the Streams window below an email. Those tagged can reply using comments, facilitating a contextual discussion around the mail without going back-and-forth via ‘Reply’ mails, much like discussions around a status posted on social media.

2. Shared Folders: Users can share entire folders of emails with their colleagues. They can also set permissions, like Read or Read/Write, to control the extent of access.

3. All Attachments in One Place: Users can access all their email attachments, organized by their file type, in the ‘Attachment Viewer’. From

SRIDHAR VEMBU,

CEO, ZOHO CORP.

“Our vision has always been to be a global product company.

This meant building world-class software, competing with world leaders like Google and Microsoft, and supporting global customers—all from India. Today we have over 15 million users spread across 120 countries.” here, users can view the related email, compose a new email with the attachment and move any file to their favourite cloud storage services.

4. Create Calendar Events, Tasks or Notes: The New Zoho Mail is tightly integrated with Calendar, Tasks and Notes. From any email, users can select text and then create a task, note or an event out of it. They can also interact with their colleagues in Streams about the task, note or the event they’ve created.

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5. Stylish and fast UI: The New Zoho Mail is more elegant, more powerful with its collaboration features and has a faster UI. The first 25 mailboxes, with 5GB storage per user, are free. There are three paid packages: Standard 10GB (150/user/month), Standard 15GB (210/user/month) and Premium which has 25GB per user (600/user/month).

The Zoho Mail mobile apps for iOS and Android devices are available immediately. The apps will be upgraded for the New Zoho Mail later this year.

ZOHOSALESIQ ZohoSalesIQ, is a website visitor insight tool that also lets website owners engage with visitors in a meaningful way. Its main features are: 1. Real-time Website Visitor Insights: With SalesIQ, users can gather insights about their website visitors in real-time, including the pages they have visited and time spent on the page. They can also see if a visitor has returned for the second or third time. This information is also available offline along with a list of all website visitors,

prioritized on their lead score.

2. Identify Hot, Warm or Cold leads: Users can pre-set conditions, like time spent on the site or if the visitor is returning for the second or third time, to identify potential customers among the large number of people who visit their websites every day. Based on the conditions--there are 20 combinations possible-- SalesIQ will sort visitors as Hot, Warm or Cold leads, and give them scores indicating how likely they are to buy.

3. Live Chat: The live chat feature enables users to engage with the website visitors who can start a chat and pose queries or request information.

Alternatively, the users can proactively start a conversation with Hot leads. With the help of chat history and the visitor’s history (pages visited, time spent on the website, etc.) chat agents can have a contextual and more productive engagement with the visitors—like offering discounts or special deals to those who seem to be stuck at a payment page.

4. Intelligent Triggers: Users can set up automated triggers to increase engagement with the website visitors. For example, a chat window with

the message ‘How may I help you?’ will pop-up if a visitor stays on a page for more than five minutes. If a visitor is from another country, the messages can be shown in a different language.

5. Actionable Analytics: Users can covert their website visitor data into actionable analytics.

They can segment website visitor traffic based on geo-location, number of visits and past interactions, and also measure the performance of their intelligent triggers and tweak their messaging for optimal results.

6. Integration with CRM, CMS, eCommerce, Help Desk and email campaign: Users can store potential customers as leads in their CRM, and be alerted when they return to the website. ZohoSalesIQ is also integrated with more than a dozen CMS platforms, including Wordpress and Tumblr, and 17 eCommerce platforms like Opencart and Shopify. It is also integrated with numerous Help Desk software, including Zoho Support, email campaign apps like Zoho Campaign, social media sites like Facebook, and Analytic tools such as Google Analytics. ë

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GARTNER

Competition Is Increasing to Be the IoT Gateway to the Connected Home ISPs Will Be the Early Winners in the Battle for the IoT Home Gateway

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he Intellectual Property (IP) & Science business of Thomson Reuters, the world’s leading provider of intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced the launch of its State of Innovation website: http://stateofinnovation.com. This is a global destination for authoritative innovation trend data and industry-specific insights focusing on the Lifecycle of Innovation and showcasing the iterative process of discovering, protecting and commercializing ideas.

The hype surrounding the Internet of Things (IoT) in the home is growing rapidly, according to Gartner, Inc., as the battle for the IoT gateway in the connected home gets underway.

“The numerous IoT applications for the home include smart stoves, which tell you how to cook a meal and provide recipes; and smart washers and dryers, which help you determine the optimum time to run a load of laundry,” said Paul O’Donovan, principal research analyst at Gartner.

“Add to that smart lighting, which can be operated remotely and programed to dim or turn on or off at specific times; thermostats, which can have your living space at the desired temperature when you walk in the door; and entertainment devices, which can stream programming to your display whenever you want to watch it.”

As home appliances have increased in smartness, cellular and cable connections improved, and pricing declined, the desire or ability to monitor and control the home as a holistic platform of devices and appliances has emerged.

“Many IoT applications are triggered by sensors

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and need data management, but there is no single IoT gateway to the home,” said Mr. O’Donovan.

“As Internet-connected homes become increasingly smarter, the gateway is becoming the “center” for connecting the different devices and home appliances to make the management of the ecosystem happen.”

The home IoT gateway market is expanding rapidly. The number of smart connected homes is expected to grow from between 100 million and 200 million homes now to between 500 million and 700 million homes by 2020.

The lack of a good business model or the immaturity of home IoT products has not stopped gateway makers from trying to develop the market to grab share in the home IoT opportunity. Cable companies, Internet companies, alarm companies and mobile phone operating system providers are actively creating platforms and ecosystems in an attempt to break into the market.

Gartner predicts that the most successful home gateway provider will develop a system that seamlessly integrates with nearly any vendor’s IoT application and is relatively painless to the homeowner. A system that locks homeowners into one specific operating system limits their opportunity, as consumers will want to exercise their preference in terms of the IoT products they choose.

Multiple home platforms have emerged, designed to capitalize on or create an ecosystem of smart home things that the gateway must connect to. Some of the platforms are beginning to open up, or at least work with the others to

“The mobile phone providers will gain a smaller part of this market, but ultimately the cellular model will not have enough bandwidth to compete with the ISP solution.” minimize the different number of platforms that the consumer and the gateway must deal with.

Some smart home solutions are even taking advantage of this void and creating hubs that act as a central command system for the smart home devices, using multiple communication protocols to connect to all of the smart devices in the home and communicate to the world through the IoT gateway.

“As the IoT gateway market emerges, ISPs will be the early winners in the battle for the home gateway, provided they develop solutions or partner with hub manufacturers. The mobile phone providers will gain a smaller part of this market, but ultimately the cellular model will not have enough bandwidth to compete with the ISP solution. Longer term, there will need to be an integrated device, whereby the gateway is also the hub, or integrated hub and gateway solutions will be needed,” said Mr. O’Donovan. ë

ANALYSTS VIEWS

THE CONNECTED HOME. DATA FLOWS THROUGHOUT

FEATURES OF THE CONNECTED HOME INCLUDE SMART APPLIANCES

SENSOR NETWORKS

SMART METERS AND ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE

CONTROLS

SMART GRID CLOUD COMPUTING

HUBS HOME THERMOSTAT

MOBILE

HEALTH (ELDERLY MONITORING, HOME CARE HEALTH & WELLNESS, ETC.)

TOUCH SCREEN

SECURITY SYSTEMS

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CASE STUDY / MATRIX

SAP, Toyota InfoTechnology Center and VeriFone Connect Cars and Provide Drivers With Simplified Fueling Built on SAP HANA Cloud Platform, the solution aggregates information on a vehicle’s location, route and fuel level as well as points of interest. VeriFone provides point-of-sale (POS) solutions and Toyota ITC provides telematics data.

SAP AG’s co-innovation project with Toyota InfoTechnology Center USA (Toyota ITC) and VeriFone will help dramatically simplify drivers’ fueling experience.Currently, drivers need to deal with multiple systems to find “the right” gas stations. When they arrive, drivers must authorize payment by swiping a card and punching in various identification codes, or paying the gas station attendant with cash. With the prototype, consumers can use a one-touch, one-screen solution to navigate to the closest gas station, authorize automatic payment electronically and receive personalized coupons.

The announcement was made at the 14th SAP Automotive Forum 2014, being held July 1-2 in Leipzig, Germany.

Built on SAP HANA Cloud Platform, the solution aggregates information on a vehicle’s location, route and fuel level as well as points of interest. VeriFone provides point-of-sale (POS) solutions and Toyota ITC provides telematics data. These processes and information are integrated via the SAP Cloud portfolio and pre-

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sented in a screen on the Toyota ITC dashboard, allowing drivers to manage the entire transaction in one click.

The use case works as follows: The driver is notified when the vehicle is low in fuel. Then, leveraging the Toyota ITC telematics system, the vehicle recommends a gas station location based on real-time context such as location and the vehicle’s fuel level. It also takes into account a driver’s pre-entered personal preferences such as preferred gas stations and which stations have opted in to the program. When the car arrives at the gas station and stops at the pump, the driver can authorize the transaction with a single click from their car or app on a mobile device. Gas stations may also provide discounts, loyalty points and other coupons based on the driver’s profile.

Once fueling is completed, the driver receives an electronic receipt. Drivers can view all previous fueling transactions and easily export them to other systems, such as an expense report.

The system uses Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), an emerging wireless standard that enables

micro-location services. By combining BLE, SAP HANA Cloud Platform, Toyota ITC telematics system and VeriFone POS systems, the three companies have developed a consumer-centered connected car service.

“Toyota ITC has been an innovative driver for Toyota Motor Corporation here in the Silicon Valley,” said Hironori Miyakoshi, executive vice president and COO, Toyota ITC. “In light of the paradigm shift in the automotive space toward a connected vehicle, we have been focused on enabling solutions and developing a better user experience by looking at a wide variety of emerging technologies and services. The collaboration with SAP and VeriFone was another major milestone in our efforts to create a better driving experience.”

“Our collaboration with SAP and Toyota creates an exciting commerce experience that transcends payment by delivering convenience, value and unique interactions between merchants and their customers,” said Vin D’Agostino, senior vice president of Commerce Enablement, VeriFone.

“VeriFone has long history of delivering secure payment technology, targeted content and more to many of the world’s leading petroleum brands, helping them leverage the latest available technologies to unlock new revenue opportunities.”

“SAP innovation continues to make connected cars closer to becoming a reality for consumers,” said Gil Perez, senior vice president, Connected Vehicles, SAP. “Our collaboration with Toyota ITC and VeriFone is transforming business models and offering people a simple and intuitive user experience. Our cloud and SAP HANA technology can help industries — like the automotive or oil and gas businesses — do things simply that weren’t previously possible or even imaginable.” ë

SERVICES

HCL INFO

Wins Global Awards for Quality Management & Leadership

At the World Quality Congress the Company wins Awards for ‘‘Best Achievement of Integrating Lean and Six Sigma’ and Anand Prakash, Vice President – Quality, HCL Infosystems honoured with the ‘‘Quality Leadership Award’ n S A N J AY M O H A PAT R A < S A N J AY @ A C C E N T I N F O M E D I A . C O M >

ANAND PRAKASH

VICE PRESIDENT – QUALITY, HCL INFOSYSTEMS LTD.

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CL Infosystems, India’s premier IT Services & Distribution Company, was conferred with two awards at the Global Awards for Excellence in Quality Management & Leadership at the World Quality Congress Awards held in Mumbai recently. HCL Infosystems won the award for ‘Best Achievement of Integrating Lean and Six Sigma’- 2015, while Anand Prakash, Vice President – Quality, HCL Infosystems Ltd. was felicitated with the Quality Leadership Award.

The Company was recognised for its contribution in different areas of Lean and Six Sigma such as Policies, Practices, Culture, Employee Involvement, Customer’s Involvement, Services and Benefits. Recently HCL Infosystems introduced the concept of Lean Six Sigma (LeSS) which focuses on culture building, improving customer satisfaction and achieving service excellence through structural and systemic initiatives which also propelled the Company’s service perfor-

mance to the next level.

Anand Prakash won the Quality Leadership Award for instilling and driving Quality Vision, Principles and Processes across every facet of the organization.

Speaking on the occasion, Anand Prakash commented “We are honoured to be felicitated by the World Quality Congress awards, which recognizes world-class standards of quality attained by organizations across India. The award for ‘Best Achievement of Integrating Lean Six Sigma’ recognizes our commitment to create an enabling environment for HCL Infosystems to attain and sustain the highest standards of quality and services levels for our customers and partners. I am personally humbled to receive the ‘Quality Leadership’ Award. Such a recognition from such esteemed peers is a great encouragement for us to continue with our endeavour to deliver best-in-class services and experience to all our stakeholders.”

The World Quality Congress has instituted the

“The award for ‘Best Achievement of Integrating Lean Six Sigma’ recognizes our commitment to create an enabling environment for HCL Infosystems to attain and sustain the highest standards of quality and services levels for our customers and partners.”

National Quality Excellence Awards to recognise the “best of best” companies in recognition of their attainment of world-class standard of quality excellence. The Awards focus on the contribution of individuals, projects, organisations and technologies that have excelled in the use and development of quality initiatives and are presented to companies that have demonstrated leadership in using quality for business transformation, optimising costs, developing synergies across businesses and enhancing customer satisfaction. ë

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INFOR

Polaris to Propel Infor Market Share

Polaris Consulting & Services, the innovator in digital transformation and specialized in: Mobile, Cloud Services, Risk & Compliance, User Experience, Big Data & Analytics, Systems Integration, Testing, Infrastructure Management and Business Process Outsourcing is now a Infor Partner and the objective of the alliance is to enhance service &support forInfor LN. n S A N J AY M O H A PAT R A < S A N J AY @ A C C E N T I N F O M E D I A . C O M >

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nfor, the industry cloud company, today announced that Polaris Consulting & Services Limited, a global technology provider specializing in digital transformation, has joined the Infor Partner Network (IPN) as an alliance partner. Polaris will provide IT implementation and support services to Infor LN customers across the manufacturing, retail, logistics, distribution, telco, aerospace & defense, and public sector industries.

With a dedicated Infor lab established in India, and experienced resources in Australia, and New Zealand, Polaris will help customers improve process efficiency and streamline operations by leveraging the specific micro-vertical functionality and flexible deployment options offered by Infor.

“Combining Infor’s innovations with Polaris’ experience with upgrading and modernizing enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, our alliance offers companies a best-of-breed solution to transform operations, improving performance and operating metrics,” said VikasMisra, Chief Client Officerof Enterprise Solutions at Polaris.

“Through our partnership, we will enable customers to maximize the value of their Infor investment and position their companies for future success through the use of technology.”

Infor LN is a comprehensive ERP solution designed to deliver everything complex product manufacturers require to manage each area of the business in one platform. Available in the cloud or on-premise, Infor LN provides industry-

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ATUL SAREEN,

MANAGING DIRECTOR, INFOR INDIA.

“We are delighted that Polaris has joined the IPN, as they have the ability to help Infor customers in India better align IT objectives with larger business goals.”

VIKAS MISRA,

CHIEF CLIENT OFFICEROF ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS, POLARIS

“Through our partnership, we will enable customers to maximize the value of their Infor investment and position their companies for future success through the use of technology.” specific KPI dashboards, features for global process standardization and assembly line control functionality to help organizations improve efficiency and agility. With complete visibility into products and critical data throughout the value chain, Infor LN breaks down data silos to help decision-makers optimize resource use and enable more lean operations.

“Polaris has a large global presence and possesses in-depth industry experience across numerous focus areas for Infor, such as automotive, manufacturing and aerospace &defence,” said AtulSareen, Managing Director, Infor India.

“We are delighted that Polaris has joined the IPN, as they have the ability to help Infor customers in India better align IT objectives with larger business goals.”

The IPN is a global network designed to provide the tools and resources necessary to help partners grow a profitable and sustainable business around Infor products. ë

CASE STUDY / MATRIX

Matrix Enabled Shriram Transport Finance Shriram Transport Finance Company Trusts Matrix TimeAttendance and Access Control Solutions to Efficiently Manage their Branch Offices Across India.

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Business Challenge STFC is having more than 700+ offices across India. It includes head, regional and branch offices. Its Time-Attendance processes were managed separately at each location manually and as well as by using biometric devices of different brands. Managing attendance of multiple locations and making timely salary was a time consuming task and subjected to manipulation and errors.

STFC was looking for a centralized Time-Attendance solution for all branches using biometric credentials from their Mumbai based HQ. They also wanted to control any unauthorized user entry at some branches. For fast salary process, company wanted to integrate Time-Attendance software

with their HRMS software.

Matrix Offered Solution After discussing all problems and requirements, Matrix has offered its enterprise-grade web based COSEC Time-Attendance solution with centralized attendance and leave management features. Biometric fingerprint based devices were installed in all locations to mark user’s attendance. For fast and error free salary process, Matrix has integrated COSEC Time-Attendance with their HRMS payroll software. At branches where company required access control, Matrix has installed biometric fingerprint based access control device to control people movement.

This comprehensive solution automated

SOLUTION DIAGRAM

all Time-Attendance processes right from recoding entries and exits up to processing salaries.

• Biometric Time-Attendance Terminal at 700+ Locations • Biometric Door Controllers for Access Control • Connected all Locations using Ethernet • Centralized Attendance Management Software • Integration with 3rd Party HRM Software

CUSTOMER PROFILE COMPANY: SHRIRAM TRANSPORT FINANCE COMPANY INDUSTRY: FINANCE COUNTRY: INDIA BRANCHES: 700 ACROSS INDIA WEBSITE WWW.STFC.IN

Results • Time required for salary calculation reduced by 30%.

• Productivity of employees increased by 15%.

• Increased security in sensitive locations.

• Error free Time-Attendance data for salary calculation.

• Faster decision making using informative reports.

Products • COSEC DOOR FOT – Biometric Fingerprint based Door Controller • COSEC ENROLL FINGER – Fingerprint Enrollment Station • COSEC LE PLATFORM – Web based Application Software Platform • COSEC LE TAM – Time-Attendance and Leave Management Module • COSEC LE ACM – Access Control Module

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KEY CAPABILITIES n It is equipped with latest high Performance Intel Core i3 (3230) n 3.30 GHz Processor n Intel H61 Express Chipset and coupled with 2 GB DDR3 RAM, n 500 GB HDD (2.5”) n XL-700 Mini PC comes with default Linux OS (Enterprise edition) n Supports latest windows 7 & windows 8 n It has eight 2.0 USB ports for peripherals and expansions along with microphone and headphone 3.5mm jacks n It Supports up to 1920 X 1024 resolutions with Gigabit LAN port.

RDP XL-700 Rdp XL-700 is an affordable powerful and high performance Mini PC offering the features and functionalities required to address the users increasingly varied computing needs.

With its Customized technical features, enhanced flexibility,

elevated security gives competitive advantage over existing Mini PC’s in the global market. Because of its enhanced sleek and slim design can potentially hide the device completely out of the way by mounting back on the monitor. It saves more than 70 -100%

of desktop space compare to traditional PC’s can effectively operate more number of devices in limited space. Consumes very little amount of power (less than 90 Watts) compare to normal desktop PC (360/450 Watts).

Internal cooling fan and

advanced heat absorbers allows operation 24X7 in temperature up to 45 degrees centigrade .

It strikes a perfect balance between price, performance and features, making it an excellent Best Buy with three years comprehensive warranty.

NETGEAR R6220 WIFI ROUTER With its new and enhanced features, it supports new and upgraded devices like PC, MAC, iPhone, iPad, Android devices etc. with improved network speed.

NETGEAR Genie App – a mobile dashboard used to manage, monitor and repair the network, lets users easily monitor, connect and control their home network from a PC, Mac, tablet or smartphone.

NETGEAR genie app allows to share and stream music or videos, diagnose and repair network issues, set up parental controls and more.

NETGEAR MyMedia support for AirPrint enables you to print to any USB or networked printer directly from an Apple iPad or iPhone.

The guest network provides Internet access but prevents other people from seeing and accessing your household’s computers, printers, storage devices and other home network devices. NETGEAR EZ Mobile Connect enables smartphones or tablets to connect to Wi-Fi network, simply by scanning the QR code from the genie WiFi screen without typing in security keys or SSIDs. The router is DLNA-ready and can stream to any DLNA-compatible device in your house, including the latest smart TVs, media players, game consoles, handheld devices, tablets and more.

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KEY CAPABILITIES n NETGEAR MyMedia provides the ability to find photos, video or music files anywhere on the network and play them on any DLNA media player n Offers speeds up to 300Mbps at 2.4 GHz and 867 Mbps at 5 GHz and avoids interference n Ensure top WiFi speeds and reliable connections n Gigabit Ethernet ports and USB port to connect local devices can also be used. n WiFi & power on/off button is a convenient way for power savings n Push ‘N’ Connect button allows for easy push button WiFi connections (WPS). n The router is DLNA compatible.

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